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Meet the Microbiologist - The scientists behind the microbiology

American Society for Microbiology

Meet the Microbiologist is a podcast that showcases the people behind the scientific discoveries. Each guest introduces their research in one of the cutting-edge areas of the microbial scien...

Episodes

20 of 180 episodes

Making Microbes Memorable: Dr. Warhol's Periodic Table of Microbes

John Warhol, Ph.D., blends his Periodic Table of Microbes with rock music, movies, and state-microbe petitions to bring microbes' most unfor...

01:04:54Sep 19, 2026

AI and the Future of Science, Discovery and Trust

Stanley Malloy and Jack Gilbert unpack how AI tools are reshaping the microbial sciences—from genomics and microbial communities to manuscri...

57:43Aug 14, 2026

The Value of Curiosity-Driven Research: Mechanism Discovery With Glen McGugan

Glen McGugan, Ph.D., Director of ASM's Mechanism Discovery Unit, discusses how curiosity‑driven research—from parasite virulence to CRISPR a...

51:15May 11, 2026

Diagnostics in Action: Telling Microbial Stories

Andrea Prinzi, Ph.D., MPH, SM(ASCP) , and Rodney Rohde, Ph.D.,SM(ASCP)CM, SVCM , trace how passion‑driven, nonlinear paths in clinical micro...

44:06Apr 17, 2026

Decoding the Pneumococcal Capsule With Moon Nahm

Moon Nahm, M.D., professor emeritus at UAB Department of Medicine and Director of the World Health Organization's Pneumococcal Serology Refe...

42:13Mar 28, 2026

From Earth to Orbit: Applied and Environmental Microbiology With Veronica Garcia

From leading R&D at a biotech startup company to conducting environmental monitoring for NASA, Veronica Garcia, Ph.D. , Scientific Director...

35:54Feb 13, 2026

Unraveling Introns and Expectations With Marlene Belfort, Ph.D.

Marlene Belfort, Ph.D., a distinguished professor at the University at Albany and author of Mommy, Can Boys Also Be Doctors? , discusses her...

45:33Jan 24, 2026

The Gut Healing Power of Microbes and Cruciferous Vegetables

Episode Summary Sue Ishaq, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiomes at the University of Maine, discusses how gut microbes transform seemin...

42:59Oct 24, 2025

Preventing Foodborne Pathogens With Plant-Derived Compounds with Karl Matthews

Karl Matthews, Ph.D., Professor of Microbial Food Safety at Rutgers University, discusses ways to eliminate pathogens like Salmonella , E. c...

59:03Sep 25, 2025

Early Microbial Life with Michael Lynch and Vaughn Cooper

Michael Lynch, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Mechanisms of Evolution at Arizona State University and Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D., professor of...

40:03Aug 22, 2025

How FMTs, Coprophagia and the Milk Microbiome Inform Wildlife Conservation With Sally Bornbusch

Sally Bornbusch, Ph.D., is an NSF postdoctoral fellow in biology conducting microbial ecology research in animal care and conservation at th...

48:09Jul 15, 2025

Agnostic Diagnostics and the Future of ASM Health With Dev Mittar

Dev Mittar, Ph.D ., Scientific Director of the ASM Health Scientific Unit discusses the use of metagenomic next generation sequencing to dev...

41:33May 30, 2025

Implementing a National Action Plan to Combat AMR in Pakistan With Afreenish Amir

Episode Summary Afreenish Amir, Ph.D. , Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Project Director at the National Institute of Health in Pakistan, hig...

37:30May 9, 2025

Discovering Fossilized Microbes in Antarctic Ice Cores With Manuel Martinez Garcia

Manuel Martinez Garcia, Ph.D., a professor of microbiology in the Physiology, Genetics and Microbiology Department at the University of Alic...

49:19Mar 14, 2025

Revenge of the Microbes With Brenda Wilson and Brian Ho

Episode Summary Mother-Son duo, Brenda Wilson, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and the Associate Director of Undergraduate Education in the...

52:06Jan 16, 2025

Binning Singletons With Joseph James

Joseph James, biologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, discusses his career trajectory and the creation of Binning Singletons,...

56:22Jan 6, 2025

Biorisk Assessment and Management With Saeed Khan

Saeed Khan, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Molecular Pathology at Dow diagnostic research and reference laboratory and President of the Pa...

49:59Nov 11, 2024

From Hydrothermal Vents to Cold Seeps: How Bacteria Sustain Ocean Life With Nicole Dubilier

Nicole Dubilier, Ph.D., Director and head of the Symbiosis Department at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, has led numerous...

30:59Sep 27, 2024

When Proteins Become Infectious: Understanding Prion Disease With Neil Mabbott

From Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Neil Mabbott, Ph.D., has worked for nearly 2 decades on unde...

55:53Aug 23, 2024

Trillion Dollar Microbes Make the Bioeconomy Go Round With Tim Donohue

Episode Summary Timothy Donohue, Ph.D. —ASM Past President, University of Wisconsin Foundation Fetzer Professor of Bacteriologyand Director...

49:03May 28, 2024